The fifth SME Conference 2011 will be held on 6th October 2011 at a local hotel in Gujranwala. This is the fifth forum in a series of annual SME Conferences being organised by SHAMROCK Conferences International and this year's theme would be "The Mandate for SMEs in Pakistan".
The SME conference, which is endorsed annually by Smeda and supported by UNISAME is driving this developmental debate successfully over the past several years, highlighting issues that call for structural reforms in this all-important sector. Recently, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has accelerated its efforts for economic strengthening through exploitation of broad-based opportunities in the SME sector.
The SME Conference is attended by the regulatory bodies, government officials, members of the central bank, private sector personnel, SME heads of scheduled banks, key stakeholders and academia etc. The objective is not limited to stimulating policy decisions but also focuses on growth of SMEs, awareness of Islamic-banking principles with interest-free financing, improved delivery-mechanism of resources, suitable monitoring and evaluation systems, induction of technology and quality human resource along with other critical issues.-PR